Father, I..."

As soon as Ning Ping wanted to speak, he was interrupted by Xia Jiuyuan and said, "I know that your mother and daughter have been wronged. Let you follow Shuyang to thank you, it's just to stabilize their expediency. Why, are you still angry with me?"

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Concubine Hua and Ning Ping looked at Xia Jiuyuan with bewildered expressions.

They didn't know what Xia Jiuyuan was singing at all?

"Alright, hurry up. You haven't seen it yet! I am doing this to Shuyang today, and it is just an expedient measure. I still have to rely on that little eunuch to win the external test! Concubine Li's ***! He's really thinking I'm a dumb king, playing these tricks with me."

"They knew that the eunuch was talented, but after you drove him away, they didn't ask me to make it clear. After learning of our defeat. also designed Liu Shiqing to worship him as a teacher, and he was begging them! In order to save Daxia from fire and water at a critical moment, and slap me in the face! So that I can be grateful to them! It's a lot of work!"

Xia Jiuyuan became more and more angry the more he talked, slapped the table heavily and said hatefully, "Perhaps, Liu Shiqing was bought by them, and he deliberately lost in front!"

Concubine Hua is stupid!

She didn't think of excuses to excuse herself, and she never expected the emperor to help them make excuses.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Father, Liu Gongzi should just be bewitched by them. It definitely didn't mean to be with them" Ning Ping also quickly knelt down, and thought about helping Liu Shiqing beg for mercy.

Xia Jiuyuan walked up to Ning Ping and said, "You, you're just too simple!"

Ning Ping made a gesture and said coquettishly: "This shows that my father protects Ning Ping well. Thank you, Father."

"That's right, it's better to be simple, and I will protect you for the rest of your life." Xia Jiuyuan stroked Ning Ping's head and said.

"Your Majesty, the group of people in Liyang Palace have tried to harm us again and again. What are you going to do with them?" Concubine Hua asked softly.

Xia Jiuyuan frowned and said, "Kill!"

...

Return to the Meditation Garden.

Concubine Li was now facing away from the door, kneeling on a futon and chanting.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Concubine Li turned her head and saw that it was Lu Qian, so she stepped forward in three steps and two steps, grabbed his hand, and said with a worried face

"Lu Qian, it's going well."

Lu Qian told about today's experience.

Concubine Li frowned slightly and said, "It's so suspicious! Xia Jiuyuan is suspicious by nature. Since I didn't ask much today, I asked you to compete on behalf of Great Xia, will there be any fraud in this."

Lu Qian smiled slightly, stroked Concubine Li's frowning eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, everything is under my control." Since I have decided to go, I will ensure my safety."

Concubine Li looked at Lu Qian's sworn appearance, snuggled up to Lu Qian's chest and said softly, "You must be careful tomorrow, I always feel that something is going to happen!"

Lu Qian could see that she was really worried about herself, and comforted her softly, "Don't worry."

Following

After Lu Qian picked up Shuyang, he went to the top of the main hall.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he was surrounded by a group of scribes and ministers.

Yesterday, Lu Qian's orders in the palace were sorted out and circulated by the scribes.

Although there is only one sentence, it is enough to see its skills.

They all flocked to Lu Qian, all wanting to know the full version of the verses in their favorite poems.

...

The faces of everyone in the Great Zhou Kingdom were not good-looking. Although Di Hanlin swore that he would win Lu Qian today.

But the people of the Great Zhou Kingdom also saw that Di Hanlin seemed to be very jealous of that little eunuch.

waited until Xia Jiuyuan came over and announced the start of the last game.

This game is a couplet, and since the people of Beiliangguo have already lost two games, they have already been out of the game in advance.

So this scene is one-on-one between Lu Qian and Di Hanlin.

It's still a best-of-three game.

Di Hanlin didn't talk about the elegance of the literati this time, and directly asked the question, "The two apes are broken and the wood is deep in the mountains, and the little monkey dares to saw."

Uplink is one

Language pun, the "pair saw" behind is a homonym, which can be read as "couplet", and it is ironic that Lu Qian is a little monkey.

"Lao'er, since you want to scold. Then you're in for it!" Lu Qian smiled faintly, and without thinking too much, he replied directly, "A horse is stuck in the mud, see how the old beast comes out."

"Hahaha"

In the camp of the Great Xia Kingdom, there was a burst of laughter.

Di Hanlin's face turned red, although he was vulgar and unbearable, but it was also neat.

Without waiting for him to speak, Lu Qian directly threw out an eternal absolute. "Listen, old fellow! Qinglinkou, a white blacksmith, a red furnace, burning black charcoal, sitting south and facing north to fight things."

The difficulty of this pair lies in the fact that the location, person, and occupation are written in 19 characters, and the four colors of green, white, red, and black are cleverly inlaid with the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the four directions of southeast, south, and northwest.

After hearing this, Di Hanlin's face was gloomy and his brows were tightly locked.

Lu Qian will stand beside him with full grace, and he will not urge.

A stick of incense burns the embers, and Di Hanlin can't do it.

I had no choice but to continue to ask the question with a pale face.

"Wind bamboo green bamboo, wind turns green bamboo bamboo wind."

Lu Qian thought for a moment, didn't think much about it, and said, "White plums in the snow, white plums in the snow, white plums in the snow."

Di Hanlin's face was a little ugly, if Lu Qian's coupling was not right, they would lose.

Lu Qian didn't want it to end so quickly, so he wanted to release the water into a relatively simple one, "Old guy, don't be nervous, I'll give you a simple painting of a lotus monk painting."

Di Hanlin had already greeted Lu Qian's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

This is a palindrome couplet, just a few words, but it can be read both positively and negatively, and it is not that simple.

Another stick of incense past.

Lu Qian's face was full of disdain, and he was really a little disappointed. He didn't want to win so easily.

A dignified and the first scribe of the world, but that's it.

"Back to Your Majesty! A stick of incense burns the embers, since Di Hanlin has not come out! Well, I should have won."

Xia Jiuyuan's face was full of excitement, he was a little incredulous, Lu Qian won so easily!

"Good! Good! Good. Then, I announce that the first prize of this year's Great Xia Poetry Conference will be won by our Great Xia!"

After listening to this, Di Hanlin's face turned pale! A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted directly.

Xia Jiuyuan didn't care about Di Hanlin's life or death at all, and waved his hand!

The forbidden army guarded the side and surrounded the prince of Da Zhou.

"What do you do?" The Great Zhou envoy said with ugly faces one by one.

"Let's speak first, fulfill the prince's previous oath, before handing over the sixteen cities of Yanyun. Please stay here."

After Xia Jiuyuan finished speaking, he pretended to invite them to stay and participate in the celebration dinner.

When the people of the Great Zhou Kingdom saw that the prince was detained, they also had no intention of staying, and left directly to move the rescue troops.

Bei Liangguo also smelled the smell of gunpowder, and he didn't want to stay longer.

After the departure of the envoys of the two countries.

All the ministers knelt down and said to Xia Jiuyuan. "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, you have won the Sixteen Cities of Yanyun!"

Empress Xiaojing, who had never spoken, also got up and said, "This time it's thanks to Shuyang and Gonggong Lu of Liyang Palace. Your Majesty should also be rewarded."

Xia Jiuyuan's face was gloomy and he snorted coldly and said, "Yes, I really want to be rewarded!"